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== Criticism == [[Invest in ME Research]] have criticized both Kate Kelland and Reuters for Ms Kelland's misleading statements, including the claim that it was activist pressure that led to the [[Cochrane]] review's retraction announcement.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.investinme.org/IiMER-Newslet-1810-01.shtml | title = Action and Accountability III - Cochrane Review | last = Invest in ME Research | first = | authorlink = Invest in ME Research | date = Oct 20, 2018 | website = [[Invest in ME Research]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> The charity [[MEAction Network UK|#MEAction Network UK]] complained to [[Reuters]] and the [[New York Post]] about an article by Kate Kelland that contained inaccurate statements and also misrepresented the views of patients with ME and activists, stating "Letβs show Reuters that this is not a debate about psychiatry and scare tactics, but stigma and pseudoscience."<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.meaction.net/2019/03/14/fighting-for-rigorous-science-and-accurate-reporting/ | title = Fighting for Rigorous Science and Accurate Reporting | last = MEAction Network UK | first = | authorlink = The MEAction NetworkUK | date = Mar 14, 2019 | website = #MEAction|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> Freelance journalist [[Steve Topple]] has criticized Kate Kelland, along with a number of other journalists, for their close links to the [[Science Media Centre]] and for "waging war" on "chronically ill and disabled people".<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://mrtopple.com/2019/03/18/the-twisted-reason-the-media-have-waged-war-on-chronically-ill-and-disabled-people/ | title = The twisted reason the media have waged war on chronically ill and disabled people | last = Topple | first = Steve | authorlink=Steve Topple | date = Mar 18, 2019 | website = [[Mr Topple]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref> Psychologist [[Brian Hughes]] has criticized Ms Kelland for failing to mention any scientific criticism of the PACE trial or biopsychosocial research into ME/CFS, and describing the treatment of patients by some ME/CFS researchers as "gaslighting".<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://notthesciencebit.net/2019/03/21/if-you-spend-20-years-gaslighting-your-patients-perhaps-you-should-think-twice-before-accusing-them-of-trolling-you/ | title = If you spend 20 years gaslighting your patients, perhaps you should think twice before accusing *them* of trolling *you* | last = Hughes | first = Brian | authorlink=Brian Hughes | date = Mar 21, 2019 | website = [[Not the Science Bit]]|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-03-21}}</ref>
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